Gijsbert Jan (Gijs) van Breukelen

Gijsbert Jan (Gijs) van Breukelen

He was born in Amsterdam in 1946 and began chesscomposing at the age of seventeen.

Life

Van Breukelen studied Dutch language in Utrecht, and played for the chess club "Paul Keres".

He admires Liburkin, Kasparyan and Marwitz.

Chess composing

About his endgame studies:

In his early studies the influence of naturalism can be seen.

Some of his works are very fine.

Later his style became more eccentric with a preference for lengthy solutions.

One of his chess study got very famous.

Source: Website ARVES